decaleurs do have their place, but with the acorn bag, I wouldnt bother. the acorn system is very stable and easily removable. I can take my acorn boxy bag off in maybe 5 seconds. maybe not as fast a with a decaleur, but fast enough.
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Patrick in VT <swing4...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mar 24, 9:16 am, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > One big reason to use a decaleur is that it provides some stand-off from > > the handlebar. Strapping a bag to the bars steals away most of the top > > of the bar, preventing its use as a riding position. > > Another big reason is the quick release feature of a decaleur. > Weigle's p-clamp solution is fine if the bag primarily stays on the > bike - but if one takes the bag on/off frequently, or uses the bag on > multiple bikes (as I do), fishing around in the bag to unscrew nuts > just to get the bag on/off the bike is simply not as convenient or > practical as using a decaleur, especially with a loaded bag. same > goes for strapping the bag to the handlebars. > > I also note that J.P. was using a small berthoud bag at the D2R2 - not > a larger boxy bag. I'm skeptical that those p-clamps alone would be > enough to stabilize a large, loaded boxy bag. perhaps it is, but > still - no quick release. > > In my experience, a rack and decaleur really allows a large handlebar > bag to be used to its fullest potential - the combination supports the > bag from below and keeps it rigid up top, keeping the bag very stable, > even when stuffed to the hilt. and i can get the bag on/off the > bike(s) in literally 2 seconds. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
